2015-12-31

This will be my last report on thisblog for 2015. Later I will celebrateNew years Eve with my lovely wifeand daughter. I also want to wish youall out there a Happy New Year 2016and thankyou to all of you that made2015 great following my blog-reports!
The tower is now finished except forpainting. I am not sure if I also will fitthe tower with a roof , what do you think? Feel free to comment.The tower is built of blue polystyreneand the "woodwork" is made ofcoffee-stirrers and match-sticks.The base is made of three-layer cardboard.

Today I won betting on some figures onTradera.se and I am really satisfied withthe buy.They costed me 15 Euros and I will usethe figures in Post apocalyptic games.The figures looks real nice except theone with the sword and the shotgun.I will swap his head for something thatlooks more human and not so clown-like.

Today I made a nice find at the local Jula-store.I bought a bag in aluminium with movablecompartments for storage.This purchase will come handy when I willplay a Mega-battle in the game WH 40k onthe third of january.The bag is also fitted with a shoulder-strap.I can really recomend this bag and I willalso fit it with soft foam rubber to protectthe figures and models inside.The price was 40 Euro and this was a reallynice price because I like this bag a lot. :)The articlenumber is: 663016The homepage is www.Jula.se

2015-12-23

Right now I am building a stone-tower for bothfantasy-skirmish but also to medieval- and pirate-games. I am using blue polystyrene with highdensity and it is a very good building-material.I am using a sharp knife, cardboard and pva-glueand the result is shown below.Next step is to build in the windows on the upper floorand after that putting a roof with dragonteeths and finalize it with a removable top-roof with tiles.I will also build a door and make a base withrocks and vegetation.I have made some pictures to show that the toweris built in sections for optimal use. The lowest partis also used as a prison-cellar. Next report will beshowing the tower finished in colours.

On the third of january I am invited by my friend Michaelto participate in a Warhammer 40k - Mega battle.The plot is to prevent orcs from dig in on the icy planetand also to prevent them to start their war-machinery.The points are set to 3000 points to each player and here is my lineup. I don´t play WH40k that often and I must say thatmy knowledge in the rules and setup is a bit rusty.I played the last game in early 2014 and to help out Iasked my friend Christian for advice.Christian is a "40k-hardliner" and a master in this game.He used the digital-tool armybuilder and made a troop-choice of 1166 points using what I have.It would also be nice to use my new armoured car butI am not sure if that vehicle is allowed in 40k!?I publish these pictures to show what my plan is and all tips are welcome.

2015-12-20

I am now proud to announce that my blog, Hugg och slag (cut and blow),now has 70 followers. When I started writing and reporting in july 2013 I didn´t realize that I would get that many contacts with fellow hobby-enthusiast.The contacts are all over the world and it gives me a lot of joy and alsogiven me a lot of new creative ideas and tips.I want to thank you all for giving med feedback on all my projects.I also want to thank you for the warm and friendly atmosphere on theblogging-community. What are my goals with this blog you ask me and that is to inspire othersand I think that I have reached my goal when I have recieved all the positive comments.To round up I wish you all fellow-bloggers a Merry, Merry Christmas andalso that you receive a lot of nice "cristmas-gifts" like polystyrene, PVA-glue,cardboard and figures. :)Best regards from Peter, editor of Hugg och slag

2015-12-17

This week I visited my father and helped him out withsome domestic problems because my mother has broken her leg.On my visit I passed by a second hand shop and made some great finds. I bougth a greek house-souvenir and alsotwo fake plants. The house is made of plastic and I willmake a hole in the back and build some interior details.I will also cutout the doors to be able to place figuresin the doorway when playing skirmish.The plants will be stripped to pieces and I will use theseparts for bushes when I will start building wood-basescontaining 3-4 trees and some under-vegetation.The house only cost me 1.5 Euro and the trees 1 Euro each andthis is a bargain in my opinion.My next project is a a watchtower/prisontower and will be builtin three pieces that will be fitted on top of each other.In the lowest section I will make a prison-cellar andon the other sections I will place flooring to be able to placefigures inside. The tower is made of small cutout bricks madeof polystyrene. The plan is to use this tower in pirate-skirmishbut also in fantasy-skirmish such as WHFB.